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When Pope Francis was asked about world hunger in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa in December 2013, he told a story about encouraging a mother to nurse her hungry, crying baby.
He said, "There are so many children that cry because they are hungry. At the Wednesday General Audience the other day there was a young mother behind one of the barriers with a baby that was just a few months old. The child was crying its eyes out as I came past. The mother was caressing it.
I said to her: 'Madam, I think the child’s hungry.'
'Yes, it’s probably time…' she replied.
'Please give it something to eat!' I said.

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When Pope Francis was asked about world hunger in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa in December 2013, he told a story about encouraging a mother to nurse her hungry, crying baby.
He said, "There are so many children that cry because they are hungry. At the Wednesday General Audience the other day there was a young mother behind one of the barriers with a baby that was just a few months old. The child was crying its eyes out as I came past. The mother was caressing it.
I said to her: 'Madam, I think the child’s hungry.'
'Yes, it’s probably time…' she replied.
'Please give it something to eat!' I said.